Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), May 30, 1984, p. 11

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I MITSUBISHI VCR SPECIAL FRONT LOAD MOTOR DIRECT DRIVE FUNCTION REMOTE CONTROL the HERALD BBS Si SECTION THE libit Wednesday May ISftl Page 1 1 Distinguished career What docs she Intend to do once she s retired Mrs Riddel I said she 11 spend more time on her favorite hobbles of gardening and furniture A3 well with all but one of her seven children living near her Milton home retirement will mean more time for visiting them and her five grandchildren Mrs position will be filled by Centennial Grade teacher Shane Tanner in September Wins federal contract Ottawa Bureau of The Herald A Georgetown company has won a federal contract worth the department of supply and services has announced Varian Canada will supply electron tubes The equipment Is for the defense depart Asthmatic camp The Lung Association announces hat plans are underway to develop Iheannual summer day camps for asthmatic children The camp will follow a normal day camp routine with swimming lessons handicrafts special trips sports etc It will also include one hour of physical conditioning relaxation techniques and diaphragmatic breathing In Georgetown the camp will be held at Wriggleaworth School and the Dick Outdoor Pool for weeks flam weekends excluded There is no fee For Information call No parking Despite the crowds of people who turned up at the Victoria Day Bang Rama the Georgetown Optimists I need to use the town recently acquired Stevens properly as a parking lot But we still get our dollar Mayor Miller reassured Coun Mike Armstrong who asked The Optimists had received council ion to use the land as a parking lot for their celebration In the nearby Georgetown Fair grounds Their offer had been accepted as rent for the occasion Energy consumption Ontario a energy consumption in April In creased almost seven per cent over the same period a year ago Consumers used about 8 billion kilowatt hours last month compared to almost 3 billion kilowatthours during April 1983 Peak electricity demand for Ontario was an estimated IS million kilowatts last month That an Increase of more than 10 per cent over the April peak of almost 14 million kilowatts Support Arc Arc Industries Is ready and willing to work a variety of different production and assembly services j If you get behind schedule or need assembly help call Mark Menary at Rummage sale Holy Cross Church will be holding a rummage sale of new and used clothing in the church hall on Maple Ave Saturday June 30 from am Proceeds will go to help the St Vincent Paul Society Backward step The recent Ministry of Education changes In curriculum for high school students have former Esquesing trustee Bill Lawson unhappy I think we re headed towards more students who will become disenchanted with the program and will want to leave school before completing their Grade 12 Mr said It will be a backward step taking us exactly to where we came from He t disagree with having mandatory subjects but Mr believes the ministry is taking responsibility for programming away from local boards who been charged with It Beautiful You If you re a color or a scarf person Beautiful You is a must for exploring new creations Monday at 30pm at the Georgetown Public library Leslie Smith of the Color Palette in Burlington will talk about Colors for All Seasons Lorraine Hammett designer and author of The Knaughty Look will also demonstrate the beauty of scarves and scarf tying Tickets for Beautiful You are per person and are available from the Acton and Georgetown libraries Family bike ride Yes there will be another family bicycle ride Come on out Saturday at a m to the Community Hall with your bike Three different bike circuits have been planned one for families one for advanced riders and another for expert riders Distances for the circuits are between six and miles Organizers are hoping to have a bike ride every second weekend For more information contact Paul Schwarx at Fish derby Fishermen of all ages are Invited to throw In their lines at the tenlh annual Burns Fishing Derby June and 3rd It a a great opportunity to bring your family to the Bums Conservation Area and try your luck at landing a rainbow trout For further Information call Did you win The Optimist have announced the white and blue ticket winners of their BangORama draw White ticket winners are 3479 MM Blue ticket winners are 2090 271 2800 3789 3940 10781 Esquesing year board ser farmer wins teachers award Herald Stall Tribute was paid to former Esquesing trus tee Thursday night Esquesing farmer Bill was recognized for tils years of contributions to and the community by the Element Teachers HETA The annual award was pre sented by dent Robert at a dinner for retiring teachers in Milton District School was the second year that Mr made a break with trod in award the certificate to someone outside the teaching profession Last year Milton parent Carol berry was recog for her work with the Baldwin an a Milton parents OUT A high school dropout in Grade 10 It was Mr s bad fence with education that fueled his interest in improving the school system for other young people I was really trying to achieve something which would keep child rcn more involved and what experienced when I was a student he told The Herald I hid nine academic courses including French and Latin There for one to unless one went to post secondary school In 1054 Mr was nted secret treasurer to post In 1054 Mr Lawson was appointed secret treasurer to SS No Esquesing better known as the School Section This was in the days before the board of education when one room schools were the rule Mr served that post until when the last of the one room schools became part of the Township school area By then larger multi classroom schools had sprung up in the count schools like Plnevicw Glen Will and One room schools were closed as of that year There was a lot parental resistance but at that time the school populations were grow at such a rote at the one room that they would each have required additions Mr Lawson recalled The total cost of all the additions would have placed a greater burden on the mill rate than building new cent ral schools for each community he said In 1962 Mr Lawson was elected trustee of II township area Although he missed the 1063 elect on he continued to serve the area until 1082 as trustee In the Hallon board of education came Into being and before wrapping up his career as trustee Mr Lawson served as hair man of the board His long years as trustee accomplished Mr aim to students more opt Ions school with more interest courses and a broader base of DM education Sunshine sketches EDITOR S NOTE The following story was written by Janet Steringa about the building of Park School and her memories of those days years ago Park School will be celebrating their anniversary June from 14 All previous staff principals and students are encouraged to be a part of the celebration eyes the situation before settling down to work doing crafts si Saturday Girl Guide Olympics employee Walkrun clinic Cynthia Ash for fitness buffs Herald Special Looking for a way to combine simplicity and fitness The pioneers did It They walked Every where If they took a Sunday drive it meant the horse and cart not cars Other wise their legs the best means of gett around while keep ing them physically fit If you d like to take that first step to a healthier lifestyle the historical way then this message is for you The Ontario Ministry of Tourism and along with Fitness and Amateur Sport Canada are jointly spon soring a free clinic out lining safe Jogging and walking practices It will take place at 180 communities through out the province The Hills clinic will be held June at Ccdarvale Centre This venture es a unique opportunity to promote physical fit nesa today by recalling the lifestyle of our fore fathers comments Tourism and Recreation Minister Reuben Bacti We want to meet the needs of both the begin and the committed Jogger and walker for information about tech and safely pre cautions The three hour clinic will Include such topics as diet footwear cloth ing training programs techniques for performance and prevention and cure of injuries There will also be a historical walk jog through downtown Georgetown led by Councillor John McDon aid Registration is limit to the first people So walk or Jog to your daily calendar and write down the following reminder Register before June 1 For informatl on call Friends and family mourned the death of Cynlhia Marie Ash May as a result of a car accident Cindy was the daughter of Ruth and Stan and the granddau ghtcr of Frank and Pearl Brown of Georgetown She will be missed by sisters Betty Beverly Hayes and brother Ash of Sutton Llvlngathomein Georgetown ore brothers and sister Stanley Jo anne and Marty She leaves behind nieces Melissa and Mel anie McFarlane Amy Hayes and nephew Jason Hayes Cindy moved to Sutton from Glen Williams with her family October then to Willow Beach She attended Glen WW Public School Sut Ion Public School and Sutton District High For the last four years she was employed at Varian Canada in the Standards department She received the all round and Canada Cord as a Sutton Girl Guide and she attained many trophies for her bowling Cindy made many friends while enjoying her favorite sport of fishing When construction be on Park School the original site was over towards Harold Street They started to lay the blocks but soon learned that the land was not firm had built on quicksand and the foundation began to sink So where Park School now stands was actually a second choice Just to give you an idea of what it looked like around the school the hospital was not yet built there was no Kin Court and no Harold Street with lis beautiful There was only one house there the older home on the hill and the people who lived there raised mink with no houses Before the rood was built it was the site of the old radial line Electric trains travell ed this route from Geo rgetown to Guelph many years earlier There were no houses in Marywood Meadows and Park School was actually on edge of The area waB quite swampy and we used to catch on the way to school or pick marsh marigolds for our teacher The first children lo attend Park School form attended Chapel Street School From September to December of 1959 we only had to go to school half days as there was not enough room for everyone to go at the same time We were proud and excited to be starting a brand new school The biggest deal for us was that the blackboards were not black but green What were we lo call them now green boards At that time there was no gym or library and the grades went from kindergarten to grade When the bell rang the boys lined up outside the boys washroom door and the girls outside the girls washroom door This Is how we entered the school We were a small school and everyone knew everyone else At recess we could be seen playing dodgeball skip ping or playing marbles Georgetown had one music teacher and he would come around to each school one day per Onte a year the public schools would have a field day in the fair grounds Every school came and everyone part icipated Park School colours were green and white and we all wore ribbons pinned proudly to our shirts We even hod our own cheerleaders I remember my Park School years fondly and hope this short story will give you an Idea of what things were like then so long ago I Ralph wants to write schoolage operettas YOUR OPINION town Kentucky band members and their families THERESA BOSC1IE1NEN All the people wo ve met have been very friendly a lot like horns but this George town Is a lot bigger JANET It my first trip to Canada Ilikchow clean it Is and I like the people CHRIS TOWLES It clean and prelt too The highlight for me was seeing the Tower KAT1IV TOWLES The highlight for me was the people Espe daily the ones who have worked with band Herald Staff There may be a few more operettas for school children to per form once Howard Wriggleaworth teacher Ralph McKeown picks up his writing pen The Grades 1 and teacher plans to write musicals for children once his retirement lakes effect this June He told The Herald It was one area in on in which there was a shortage of materials Mr McKeown has been in education for years having started out In a oneroom school In Erin Township the No 8 Greenock School The school has since burned down From the oneroom school Mr McKeown went teach at the former Robert Little School in Acton for three years In those days It was the school In Acton From there Mr McKeown moved up the teaching echelon to be come principal of Glen Williams Public School For 13 years he served as principal then went to Limehouse Public School for a four year term as principal However health rea sons forced him back Into classroom teaching and this Is his year at Howard Wriggles worth Public School In it will be his last year I think kids have changed very much from when I first started teaching Mr said I think they re basically the same I don see much difference in their ludes He however that television has had an effect on teaching making children more stimulated by the visual lhn the auditory Kids are more ted to watching a screen than they are to listen Mr aid Because of this you have to be more dramatic In your teach ing skills You have to teach a little harder Bit all this wont mat ter anymore to Mr Mc as he gives up his lengthy career tor Ihe pleasures of retire ment

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